 Re: Deacon's Bike
A couple of things I have learned that might be of interest to someone here. I am back to foolin with the weedwacker concept because I'm bored.
You might remember from the ebike I have found that I can make a good friction drive wheel from the rear wheel of a scooter with the sprocket still attached. Most electric motors you buy on ebay came from a scooter and will have the matching sprocket on them... So now I have a heavier duty motor coming for the ebike. I am looking forward to it
In foolin' around with the weed wacker, I removed the cover and put a friction drive wheel on the motor. To do that I had to drill a pen hole in the shaft. The motor really will not sit straight and i'm expecting the shaft to go bad in a few hours like that. So what I did was to buy a caliper today. the shaft is 11mm maybe a hair more. So I just ordered a 12mm ID sprocket for the scooter chain. I think I can make a rig like the ebike housing only mount the gas motor instead of an electric. If I do it right the darn thing should work fine. I might have to shim the sprocket but maybe not just depends. I still want to use that kind of engine for the power source.
If i get the ebike running well this week, I am going to work on the weed eater bike next. If I can work out those two, I'm going to pull the engine from my china bike and sell it on ebay. I rode it about eight miles today and found that it is a bit heavy for me since my balance has taken another hit.
I still plan to motorbike around I just think I might do better with a lighter bike. I would sacrifice speed for stability any day. Of course I can do without the chain issues as well. |